This new measurement suggests some comets — particularly those such as 12P/Pons-Brooks — could indeed have delivered water, and possibly other life-essential elements, to a young Earth.

The key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places than first thought, according to a new study ...

Research shows Earth’s magnetic field may have formed with a fully molten core - protecting the planet long before the inner ...

"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large ...

A recent study reveals that the hot springs of Ladakh's Puga Valley may hold clues to the origin of life on Earth and ...

New research uncovered compelling evidence — with the aid of a Big Island telescope atop Mauna Kea — that water from a comet is strikingly similar to that found in Earth’s oceans.

Scientists have detected complex organic molecules — life’s building blocks — in the disc around a forming star.

THE key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places ... are far more common throughout the ...

NASA's Europa Clipper nailed a major radar test during a Mars flyby, proving it’s ready to peer into Europa’s mysterious icy ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, appears to have the right ingredients and conditions for a certain kind of tiny bubble to form ...

When I heard that the games division of Weta Workshop -- the New Zealand-based FX company that produced the wondrous sets, ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, which is believed to harbor a vast, hidden ocean beneath its icy surface.